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Managing a healthy and safe laboratory

May 2, 2014
Tim Collins of the British Laboratory Managers Association explains what can be done to ensure a safe laboratory As a laboratory manager, Health & Safety matters will inevitably be very...

A problem blooms…

April 29, 2014
Microcystins are cyclic peptides produced by cyanobacteria in surface water that experience seasonal algal bloom. They are toxic to humans and animals, with effects ranging from liver damage to increased...

The future of human evolution

April 23, 2014
It is a continuous and lengthy process happening right under our noses; but what does the future hold for human evolution? As a species, we are still evolving; we look...

How safe is your data?

April 17, 2014
What would you do if you lost your data? Mark Hahnel explores options for storing your research safely and in the process discovers that all data – even negative –...

Gas analysis – the hydrogen way

April 15, 2014
Hydrogen is considered by many to be the best carrier gas for gas chromatography and, in some of the more critical applications, it is already recognised as the carrier gas...

A catalyst for innovation

April 10, 2014
Tapping microbial diversity with metagenomics has opened the door to more efficient biocatalysis approaches. The PolyModE project was an ambitious attempt to harness this technique for areas as diverse as...

Soap bubbles in a spin

April 8, 2014
In the February issue we reported how soap bubbles can be used to model the behaviour of twisting winds – Hamid Kellay picks up the story to give us a...

Algal biofuels Full bloom or dead in the water?

March 20, 2014
Could algae be the fuel of the future? This extremely diverse group of simple organisms is prominent in efforts to develop a green energy source to replace oil, but there...

A whole new generation

March 18, 2014
Induced pluripotent stem cells promise much for clinical and pure research, but the reliable and robust generation of these cells has proved to be a difficult task. Here we learn...

Waving goodbye to traditional pharmaceutical synthesis

March 13, 2014
Efficient, scalable and with few by-products – could microwave assisted synthesis become a ‘green’ success story? Professor Anant Paradkar thinks so. Here he tells us why Development of novel pharmaceutical...

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